Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-21
NEWS NOTES. !.


City Council meets at o'clock this
afternoon.
Santa Barbara citizens have raised q
fund to place an exhibit Of products in
Los Angeles.
The Carleton troupe left for the
north at l:30 yesterday. The party oc :
capied . palace car.
Four prisoners escaped from the city
jail yesterday afternoon by climbing
through . transoiD.
A lot of government mules escaped
from the stock corrals at the Southern
Pacific yard y yesterday.
The alarm Of fire rung in st about S;io
O'Clock last night, was false, probably
c,ussd by accidental crossing OF the
wires.
Jean Maxwell, Frank Day and num-
ber of our other local pigeon shots, had
. practice shoot at the Agricultural Park
yesterday.
A telegram was received yesterday
from Tulare station stating that Pull
man car had been broken into by
thieves. who helped themselves to
numerous articles of wearing apparel.
gold bracelets, silverware. valises, and
even "red child's dress"
The Herrmannesque combination will
open Tuesday night at the Grand Opera
House. The sale of seats is much
larger than was expected. and the indi-
cations are that the house will be well
filled throughout the week. Every one
10 anxious to see Mrs. Hermann vanish.
The magic lantern part is said to be the
best which ever visited the coast.
Yesterday afternoon about $3.50 O'Clock
. gray horse attached to Light buggy
took fright near the Washington Gar
,dens and started along Main street at .
terrific rate of speed. After running q
short distsnce he was captured by a
Mexican vaquero, who lassoed the ami.
NAL and brought him to q standstill
Tie only damage was few breaks II
the harness.
Mt. w. E. Youle, the Superintendent oi
the Paente oil wells, arrived in the city
yesterday. He states that the drill and
lars that fell into well No. 6, at the time
of the fire, have been successfully fished
sout aud that he will sink the well about
100 feet deeper to increase the yield,
which is now 100 barrels per day. When
that is done he will commence on well
No. 7. Just above well No. B.
Elsinore, in San Diego county, accord
ing to the San Jacinto Register, stands
in fear of losing the waters of the beau
tiful lake. by a proposed dam in the
neighborhood of Hemet valley, to be
constructed by q water company of that
place. and Mr.. F. w. Heald, the pro
prietor of Elsinore and owner of the
lake will. without hesitation, serve ar
Injunction upon the projectors of the
scheme a. soon a. Q move is made.
An undertaking on appeal has beer
filed in San Diego county in the case o
Henry I. Gage and Rains de Foley VS.
John G. Downey and the Merchants
Exchange Bank, of San Francisco. Som,
time ago the case, which involves tn,
title to the entire Warmers ranch, wa
tried before Judge McNealy and de
cided in favor of the defendants. 1t i
now proposed to appeal the case to th'
Superior Court, ON technical grounds.
The fact that . few cases of variola
brought to this city from Mexico, hav
eliminated here and affected half I
dozen susceptible subjects in our midst
was commented upon wildly yester da,
on our streets. A thorough investiga
tiou of the facts shows that altogethe
there have been twelve cases here. all o
which were taken in hand and spe edily
located at the pest house. With one ol
two exceptions they were OF the mild
type, and yielded to treatment. The
city and county authorities have mads
all necessary arrangements to handle the
infection, and have it so well in hand
that there is no danger whatever OF 1t;
spreading.